transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌdis-kən-ˈtin-(ˌ)yü ]
verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French discontinuer, from Medieval Latin discontinuare, from Latin dis- + continuare to continue
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1. : to break the continuity of : cease to operate, administer, use, produce, or take
2. : to abandon or terminate by a legal discontinuance
intransitive verb
: to come to an end
Synonyms: see stop
• dis·con·tin·u·a·tion -kən-ˌtin-yə-ˈwā-shən, -yü-ˈā- noun